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PUBLIC LAW 586-AUG. 13, 1954

under any unpatented or patented mining claim or millsite in or incidental to prospecting for, mining, treating, storing, transporting, or removing minerals other than Leasing Act minerals and any other use under any claim of right or title based upon such mining claim or millsite; "Leasing Act operator" shall mean any party who shall conduct Leasing Act operations; "mining operator" shall mean any party who shall conduct mining operations; "Atomic Energy Act shall mean the Act of August 1, 1946 (60 Stat. 755), as amended; "Atomic Energy Commission" shall mean the United States Atomic Energy Commission established under the Atomic Energy Act or any amendments thereof; "fissionable source material" shall mean uranium, thorium, and all other materials referred to in section 5(b)(1) of the Atomic Energy Act as reserved or to be reserved to the United States; "uranium lease application" shall mean an application for a uranium lease filed with said Commission with respect to lands which would be open for entry under the mining laws except for their being lands embraced within an offer, application, permit, or lease under the mineral leasing laws or lands known to be valuable for minerals leasable under those laws; "uranium lease" shall mean a uranium mining lease issued by said Commission with respect to any such lands; and "person" shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, or other legal entity. SEC. 12. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to waive, amend, or repeal the requirement of any provision of any law for approval of any official of the United States whose approval prior to prospecting, exploring, or mining would be required. SEC. 13. If any provision of this Act, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstances, is held unconstitutional, invalid, or unenforcible, the remainder of this Act or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held unconstitutional, invalid, or unenforcible, shall not be affected thereby. Approved August 13, 1954. Public Law 586

" L e a s i n g Act operator." ' 'Mining o p e r a tor." 42 USC note..

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"AEC." "Fissionable source material." 42 USC 1805 (b) (1). "Uranium lease application. "

"U r a n i u m lease." "Person," Requirement.

Separability.

CHAPTER 731

AN ACT To amend the Act of April 6, 1937, as amended, to include cooperation with the Governments of Canada or Mexico or local Canadian or Mexican authorities for the control of incipient or emergency outbreaks of insect pests or plant diseases.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Cmigress assembled, That section 1 of the Act of April 6, 1937, as amended (7 U.S.C. 148), is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "The Secretary of Agriculture is further authorized to cooperate with the Governments of Canada or Mexico or local Canadian or Mexican authorities in carrying out in such countries necessary operations or measures to control incipient or emergency outbreaks of insect pests or plant diseases, when such operations or measures are necessary to protect the agriculture of the United States. In performing the operations or measures authorized under this Act, the cooperating foreign country. State, or local agency shall be responsible for the authority necessary to carry out the operations or measures on all lands and properties within the foreign country or State other than those owned or controlled by the Federal Government and for such other facilities and means as in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture are necessary." Approved August 13, 1954.

August 13, 1954 [S. 3697]

Insect pest control, eanadian-Me x ican cooperation. 52 Stat. 344.

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